When George Karl is at work, everyone is pissed off about stuff like how many offensive rebounds the Bulls got. When George Karl goes home, everyone is pissed off about ... stuff like how many offensive rebounds the Bulls got.
Matthew Powell of Pounding the Rock had been eagerly anticipating the debut of Spurs rookie James White. (Probably because of video like this.) In a totally unbiased, and PG-13, assessment, it went well. Here's a chunk of the minute-by-minute: "8:56 -- Jason Richardson tries to take Flight off the dribble and ends up embarrassing himself and his entire family. His mother refuses to speak to him for 3 months. 8:35 -- Matt Bonner travels after receiving a pass from White. He later tells friends 'Oh my God, I was, like, so embarrassed and I, like, hope James didn't see me.' 8:22-7:34 -- Over the next three possessions James White gives a lecture explaining the difference between Roth and regular IRAs, redefines the in-bounds pass and saves a troop of Girl Scouts from a cougar attack."
Radar Online roundtable discussion of America's three prominent out-of-the-closet major sport athletes: John Amaechi, Billy Bean, and Esera Tuaolo. Amaechi was asked about NBA players trying too hard to convince teammates they're not gay: "... it's probably a professional sports mantra to walk into a locker room and talk about the three ladies you shagged the night before. It's almost part of procedure. I find it amusing half the time. You hear the comments coming from your teammates. And some of it is true, some of these guys are just way oversexed. But some people just protest a little too much."
Dave from BlazersEdge: "We've all been dancing around this topic in subtle ways for the last couple months and it's time to bring it out in the open. The Blazers are 4-0 without Zach this season. They are 9-13 without Brandon Roy. Which player is more important to this year's squad?"
Jon Burkett from Passion and Pride: "I've grown impatient with Maurice Cheeks in the past over his perceived lack of coaching, but let me take this opportunity to admit I was wrong. Mo's done a good job this year, especially with Andre Iguodala."
Are the Warriors playoff hopes dead? Mercury News Columnist Tim Kawakami muses: "The Warriors might still have a 6-4 run in them. Hard to imagine tonight, but still possible. That gets them to 39-43. That's the absolute Warrior max: 39. The odds are very much against this, but if they somehow get to 39-43, yes, the 34-36 Clippers are capable of the big collapse down to 38-44. (Maybe 10% shot of all that happening.) So, not dead. Cold, clammy, feeling dizzy, two full games behind the Clippers with 10 to play (and looking bad in the tie-breaker), not quite dead ..."
Looks like David Lee probably should not have played against Portland last week. Howard Beck reports in The New York Times: "David Lee is unsure when he will play again. Lee played 10 minutes last Thursday despite a stress reaction in his right leg. The pain in the two days that followed was intense. 'That's my body telling me and, from what the doctors said, telling our doctors that it's not ready to go,' said Lee, who had missed 11 games before trying to come back. He is continuing his rehabilitation work, however, and said he felt improvement over the past two days."
Jon Hanson and Michael McCann on the insanity of sports fans: "March Madness for all its fun and irrelevance may be a symptom of a deeper tendency - a madness of sorts - that social psychologists have long seen at the heart of intergroup aggression and conflict."
Joey from Straight Bangin' really thinks you should see the HBO documentary on UCLA basketball and Coach John Wooden: "Regimented, thoughtful, observant, principled, and caring, Wooden offered a benign but serious discipline that has become legendary given the lasting impact he made on his players. It's the sort of role many men envision playing in the lives of their children, and it's no coincidence that Wooden is a venerated constellation in my father's sky, much as my father is one in my own. The wisdom imparted in reminders such as 'be quick but don't hurry' and 'failing to prepare is preparing to fail' is very much in the style of the knowledge that my dad has handed out over the years, with aphorisms aplenty."
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